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Bond 20 = Brosnan last film
Bond 25 = Craig last film
Agreed
Good post.
I think 2018 is out of the question at this point. I'm really hoping there is a development with the distributor soon and Craig makes up his mind whether he is going to return or not. If this keeps getting drawn out further, its possible we won't see another Bond film this decade, which would be a new low. 2019 is the last time they can wait if they want to continue the current continuity, I feel. If they wait any longer than that, no one will be remember what is happening with Blofeld or who Swan is. If they don't get to work before late 2018 with Bond 25, it looks like Craig will be leaving the franchise in the same fashion that Dalton did.
We're in limbo for sure. It really shouldn't take 4-5 years between installments (2 movies every decade!). This is way, way too long for any franchise. I love Craig and want to see him in Bond 25, but the longer it takes to make, the less likely it is he'll be back. Right now, I don't know if we'll be any the wiser this time next year - which would be a a huge mistake from EON.
I love Bond, always have and always will but this is ridiculous. In the past 16 years we've only had 5 Bond films and the majority of the 5 imo aren't that great at all. Bourne and MI have roughly the same amount of movies in the same amount of time and those two properties don't even have the same dedicated focus on output the way Bond does or at least used to. This really is disappointing and to be honest the only thing tired about Bond is their same old approach in doing things. They seriously need a cleanse of their creative team and get new, fresh and hungry talent on board and cut out all this self referencial, "look at me" rubbish that Mendes plagued the last 2 films with. It's not cool at all.
We have no Bond games and no Bond film in sight meanwhile every other property out there is flourishing. Bond is the cinematic OG and should be navigating itself with consistent and assured releases. The last couple of films aren't critical or financial flops; far from so it's just super frustrating that there's little to no news on traction in moving things forward on distribution and how exactly Bond's future is shaping up. Things are changing and changing very fast and it'll be a crying shame if Bond's relevance takes a huge hit because he's not the only one doing what he does and he's no longer the champion of awe and spectacle these days.
I'm really rooting for EoN to come out on top quickly and to get started on Bond 25 and to remind the world why Bond is Mr.Blockbuster but this waiting game really sucks right now.
Why go thru the re-casting, re-booting process all over again after only four films? Let's say, at this point B25 comes out in 2020 or 2021? Craig retires and the next Bond wouldn't come out until 2025. 10 years after SP!!!!!! Wouldn't surprise me at this point.
Of course that hunch that might not mean anything once MGM secures a deal with a new distributor. I'd like to feel pretty certain they wouldn't want just a one off film deal, so there's still hope.
I still say a solid plan should be made to secure future Bond films at regular intervals, just as Cubby had done. BTW, in all the interviews with Cubby promoting the Bonds, did he ever once whine about being too exhausted?
Again I get impression SP was an emotional draining experience. Not a good one.
And the distribution is out of EoN's hands.
And what do we know? Wilson is a lawyer so who knows what's happening right now?
If so, I haven't read it.
This is a distribution game, hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, and, unfortunately, it's not EON who can speed this process up.
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Come of think of it, maybe not. I do feel I read shortly after QOS, maybe it was Michael mentioned they were tired and not thinking about the next one.
So it goes with Bond, I think, and this is the source of lots of the franchise's recent problems. I'd argue that you just need to make Bond movies good - you don't need to reinvent the wheel every time.
I think EON have backed themselves into a hell of a corner with SP, and this is the double-edged sword of swinging for the fences and trying to make 'different' rather than just 'good' movies lately.
Heard here at 7:42:
http://www.mgm.com/#/about/investor-relations
Edited for language.
Please try and stick to forum rules
Next few years? Could he have not specified which one?
That is news??
Laughable.
That's like saying snow will fall sometime during winter.
Sheesh.